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Castle Dikes defended Roman villa is a Romano-British settlement site located in Yorkshire, consisting of the remains of a Roman villa protected by defensive earthworks. The villa dates to the Roman occupation period and represents a category of rural settlement where the owner deemed fortification necessary, suggesting a period of local instability or threatened security. The site's physical remains include the ditch and bank systems that once surrounded the residential and agricultural structures, which are characteristic of defended villas found in northern Britain during the later Roman period. This monument provides evidence for the nature of Roman rural settlement in Yorkshire and the strategies employed by villa owners to protect their property and household.
Castle Dikes defended Roman villa is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017467. View the official record →
Castle Dikes defended Roman villa is a Romano-British settlement site located in Yorkshire, consisting of the remains of a Roman villa protected by defensive earthworks. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017467.
Castle Dikes defended Roman villa is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017467.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hutton Hall (site of) (4 km), Ripon Minster Close (5 km), St Anne's Chapel (5.1 km).
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